Supersonic Spearfish

I think many of the running pics on the website are ever so slightly photoshopped
 
there was a great report about it in this months MBY.

im just hoping its not one of them flying my 747 on monday night!!! could be a bumpy landing! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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I am a little saddened by your suggestion, which even reflects on the ethics of editorial staff of MBY and Sports Boat and RIB who published many of them.

If you care to read the editorial in MBY Hugo Andrease is excited about the caliber of the entrants in the 2008 RB and this event being a real peoples race.

Perhaps If you feel strongly enough you should complain to MBY, I am certain that their brilliant photographer will enjoy having a one on one with you.

I am also pleased that the organisers of the 2008 RB overcame this kind of negativity in order to actually get the event up and running.
 
Aw come on, he might just be feeling a bit pi$$ed orf that an old Fairey can pi$$ all over his Farty 46! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
As the photographer in question, I can confirm that there is no enhancement at all. In fact, I do not have photoshop, I do have the Nikon editing suite which does everything that I need to do.

The designers at the magazines will have photoshop, and the time to sit and adjust each picture individually, once chosen, before going to print. However, other than a tweak to the curves to ensure the tonal balance will suit the printing process, the pictures are how they came out of the camera.

If anyone is interested, the opening double page spread picture in Motor Boat & Yachting will be available as a limited edition print from the team - signed by all 4 team members. There will only be 50 of these prints produced - contact TEAM 747. Better still, go and see them at one of the venues, they plan to have prints with them on the way round.

Talking of old girls able to leave modern, larger boats standing. When I was out in Antibes to do the photography, there was a 60 foot plus, modern "power cruiser" from a well known company in a town on the Dorset coast.......we were running in a 2m swell together and then Jonathan let out the reins on MISS DAISY. The other boat tried to keep pace for a mile or two, but gave up - she couldn't maintain the 38 knots that we were doing quite comfortably in those conditions, despite being twice the waterline length and you could tell that she tried. It was something to do with the increase of spray, smoke and the fact that she increased speed as we did.......tells you something.

Go and have another look at the magazine, and tell me just HOW that picture has been doctored. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Fab fab fab. I love these boats. I think a Spearfish with modern f*** off engines would be my dream combination.

Not at all suprised about the outcome of the contest with the, ahem, South Dorset built powerboat. Burnard always had the measure of Shead /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Go guys!
 
OK, Lateboater, take a look at the GALLERY from this boat's website and tell me why all the pics of the boat apparently flying are titled 'Optical Art' including the pic published by MBM which is Optical Art 4, I think. Does it not strike you that the boat is in quite extreme positions for such flat water? Great photos but more art than reality IMHO
I don't know how you've extrapolated my comment about these photos to being negative about the RB race as a whole. I'd say you're a trifle touchy?
 
Because OPTICAL ART is my trading name - has been for 20 years of marine, commercial motor, motorcycle and sports photography.
In that time I have learned how to capture the action, and for boats how to set the run for the shoot so as to get some air without resorting to those aweful crossing the wake shots you see - THAT looks fake.

The reason she is taking to the air - if you look closer, is due to the flat swell of about 1m that was present - no sea, just swell. perfect for waht we wanted, because you can then get a reflection as well. I was stood in a Bayliner Capri 17, not the most stable of shooting platforms, but that was what was available, and so that was what I had to just get on and use.

If you look in SPORTSBOAT & RIB, you will also see shots from stood on the coachroof, at around 35 knots, looking back at the owner at the helm, with the wake stretched out astern. Those aren't 'shopped either - its called "getting the shot". I did the same thing a few years ago from the totally clean deck of a Magnum 28, nothing to hold on to, just a flat foredeck - and he stuck her into a turn at about 50 so we could get a nice curved wake cutting diagonally across the picture. If I had fallen off, well my wife would be a very wealthy woman and I wouldn't have anything to worry about!

When shooting, you just go and drive about and shoot and then see what you have got - during a race, well you have to go with it, but to set up a shoot you can put the boat where you like according to the light, you can choose the angle of run to suit the water and then you get the shot that you "saw" before you even started. Rather than just happening across something by luck.

Touchy about my work being reduced to fake - YOU BET.
 
Hi Simon...........Never thought there was any shinannygins! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif....Nice pics by the way, lovely boat, and that is a real compliment coming as it does from a confirmed raggie! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Why they build boats these days that look like they have been designed by a washing machine manufacturer is beyond me /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Chrusty - thank you for your kind words.

Boats are built to reflect customer demand - the wife demands a cottage by the sea, the husband wants a boat, so you end up with a compromise - a floating caravan /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Tell me, why do they use MDF in boats? MDF in a damp environment, thats a good mix. Even the top end, 300,000 boats use MDF, camouflaged by a bit of veneer to make it look like real wood. sawdust and glue - very expensive sawdust and glue /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

On small boats we have seen similar progress.
Albatross, Delta or Simmonds from the early 60s could do 38 knots, pull several waterskiers out of the water (Simmonds could pull up 6) and all with about 70hp (Marinised car engines - Ford Escort or Ford Consul)
Modern sportsboats need double the hp to do similar speed and struggle to pull 2 skiers out of the water.
There's progress.
 
Ooooooooooooooooo!.....You sure about that? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It's true that there have been some horrible things done to old boats by incompetent amateurs, but I wouldn't think that Fairey Marine would have turned anything out of the factory with chipboard furnishings?
 
Chrusty - thank you for your kind words.

Boats are built to reflect customer demand - the wife demands a cottage by the sea, the husband wants a boat, so you end up with a compromise - a floating caravan

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You're welcome Simon,............I am not going there, re. caravans.............what you trying to do, get the [--word removed--] kicked out of us! There are very touchy in here you know! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Hi

Not touchy, just proud to know these guys.

Jonathan Napier totally rebuilt the boat and installed the engines. This is not about throwing a pile of cash at a yard and together with a wish list this is the result of pure DIY with very limited professional help.

Put this level of commitment together with the fact that he is a demon power boat driver and you have something a little special. The photos show a skilled driver who knows every inch of his boat out in a 2mtr swell with an equally skilled photographer.

Put two people out who really know boats and the photos are the result.

Jonathan is not unusual among Fairey boat owners, he is part of the breed, not only do they know their boats inside out they know how to handle them, without pansy bow thrusters and most without contra rotating props.

Arriving in style is not always easy.
 
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